Two rushed to Harborview after head-on crash near Sumner

Two people were flown to Harborview Medical Center after a drug-using driver crossed the centerline on state Route 162 near Sumner and hit another car head-on, police said.

(Washington State Patrol photos)

The driver, a 22-year-old Federal Way woman with a suspended license, was arrested on suspicion of three counts of vehicular assault and was taken to Puyallup’s Good Samaritan Hospital with serious injuries.

The State Patrol reported that she had been using drugs. It was not clear Tuesday evening what drug the driver was suspected of using.

The head-on crash happened about 12:30 p.m. when the Federal Way woman was driving eastbound on state Route 162. Her Dodge Stratus stuck a Volkswagen Passat driven by Barbara A. Jussila, a 70–year-old Puyallup woman.

Jussila and Joshua J. Weston, a 22-year-old Federal Way man who was with the arrested driver, were taken to Harborview with serious injuries. Jussila’s passenger, 81-year-old Ronald L. King of Buckley, was takento Good Samaritan Hospital with serious injuries.

State Route 162 was closed for more than two hours during the crash investigation, and both cars were collected as evidence by the State Patrol.